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Korina no preference over Mar’s running-mate prospects Volume IV, No. 083 web portal: www.mindanaodailynews.com Tuesday
August 25, 2015
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By GERRY LEE GORIT, Correspondent and MARK FRANCISCO, Staff member
CAGAYAN de Oro City––Korina Sanchez-Roxas, the broadcast-journalist wife of outgoing Interior and Local Government Secretary Manuel Roxas II said over the weekend that she has no preference of who will her husband’s running mate in the 2016 elections be, pointing out that it will be the sole decision of the Liberal Party (LP). See full story, page A3
ICT jobs open to teachers to be displaced by ‘K to 12’ program By Antonio L. Colina IV of MindaNews
DAVAO City--Teachers who would find themselves jobless if the K to 12 program of the Department of Education pushes through may apply for jobs in the information and communication technology sector, an official of the industry said. In an interview Friday, ICT Davao president Samuel Matunog said the city’s business process outsourcing (BPO) industry has enough job vacancies that could absorb teachers during the
two-year transition period of the program beginning next year. Matunog said ICT Davao partner with the colleges and universities in their aim to give temporary employment to the teachers who risk losing their jobs. “They (teachers) have issues with K to 12… We have jobs at the call centers and other opportunities in the industry for them,” he said. “That’s our help to ensure that they get jobs while the schools are transitioning into the See program, page A15
Bulatlat File Photo: KMU and Piston members holding a picket in front of SSS headquarters in Quezon City in 2013. bulatlat photo
Amante sees Butuan a model for forest-based economy in 5 years By PAT SAMONTE Caraga Regional Editor
BUTUAN City -- Mayor Ferdinand Amante, Jr. presented Thursday his “BUTUAN VISION 2020” in his 2015 State of the City Address confidently declaring this city as a “model for sustainable forest-based economy in the country with the highest per capita income growth rate in Mindanao in five years.” Speaking before a special session of the city council and hundreds of See amante, page A13
REGAINING BUTUAN’S STATURE AS “TIMBER CITY OF THE SOUTH”. Butuan City Mayor Ferdinand Amante, Jr. (left photo) delivers his State of the City Address announcing his vision for his city “to become the Timber City of the South once more” and a “model for forest-based economy in the country in five years” before a special session of the Sangguniang Panlungsod and a large crowd in the background (right photo) on August 19, 2015 at Balanghai Hotel and Convention Center. Photo shows (from left) Councilors Virgilio Neri, Jr., Ferdinand Nalcot, Nestor Amora, Samuel Amante, Sergio Pascual and Derrick Plaza. photos by pat samonte